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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Steve C" data-source="post: 1755686" data-attributes="member: 56622">Hey, Frank, signs of life!  This is a good sign and it brightens up the day a bit.  I'm glad we see some similarities.  I have to say I like your description of the Vista as being the roof version of the Leupold Yosemite.  To add a bit to my earlier comments, it got pretty cold here last night, 10* F to be precise.  I happened to have left the ZEN ED, ZRS, and Vista binoculars in my pickup, so they were pretty much at ambient temperature when I grabbed the Vista to look over the cows.  We're just starting the calving season, which is probably why it got so cold.  The Vista showed a couple of things in the cold.  First is the focus wheel stiffens up to near immobility. The objective and oculars immediately fogged up (externally) when I put them to my eyes, and it took some time to let them clear.  They did that twice and were OK.  The focus wheel freed up significantly after a few full wheel travel rotations.The ZRS fogged up some on first placement to the eyes too, but was a lot less than the Vista.  It took a couple of minutes for the fogging to clear and they were OK.  The focus stiffened up, but not to the degree of the Vista.The ZEN ED had a bit stiffer than usual behavior, but there was negligible to no external fogging.  I tend to have a bit of a problem with any binocular fogging externally in the cold when I first lift them to may face.It had warmed all the way up to 12* in the hour I used up doing this.  It even got to 34* for about an hour this afternoon.So, it's supposed to be this cold again tomorrow, so they will go from the house to the outside tomorrow.</blockquote>

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